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Far North: Vanishing Cultures

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

This book describes, in text and photographs, the vanishing culture of the Samis, the reindeer herders of the land in the far north called Finmark.

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Nights of the Pufflings

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

On a tiny island off the coast of Iceland, Halla and her friends wait with anticipation. Every spring, millions of puffins, the clowns of the sea, return to nest, lay eggs, and raise their chicks to pufflings. That means Halla and her friends will be busy in August when the pufflings venture out at night [...]

Other Descriptors: Europe, Iceland, Primary (ages 6-9) » Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Days of the Ducklings

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

On a small island off the coast of Iceland, Drífa has the task of hatching and raising over two hundred peeping wild eider ducklings. Her goal, for which she is supported by a license granted by the Ministry of the Environment, is to raise the ducklings to reestablish a colony of common eiders here. If [...]

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Books For Children of the World

By Book Importer | Published: May 31, 2011

Presents the life of the founder of the International Youth Library in Munich, describing how she was sent by the United States Army to Germany in 1945 to assist German children and decided to build a children’s library.

Other Descriptors: International, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Themes: , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Bite of the Mango

By Book Importer | Published: May 10, 2011

The astounding story of one girl’s journey from war victim to UNICEF Special Representative.As a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Rumors of rebel attacks were no more than a distant worry.But when 12-year-old Mariatu set out for a neighboring village, she never [...]

Other Descriptors: Africa, Sierra Leone, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , , , , , , , , , , , » 6 Comments

Africans Thought of It

By Book Importer | Published: May 5, 2011

The ingenuity of African peoples from ancient times to today.Did you know that aloe vera — now found in countless products, including sunscreens and soaps — was first used by Africans? They ground it into powder and used it to treat burns and other skin conditions, and hunters used it to disguise their scent from [...]

Other Descriptors: Africa, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Kenya, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Irena Sendler and the Children of the Warsaw Ghetto

By Book Importer | Published: May 5, 2011

This is the only biography for children about the remarkable Holocaust heroine Irena Sendler, who smuggled over 400 schildren out of the Warsaw Ghetto.

Other Descriptors: Biography, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book, Poland, Primary (ages 6-9) » Themes: , , , , , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Terezin

By Book Importer | Published: May 5, 2011

Through inmates’ own voices and artwork, Terezin explores the lives of Jewish people in one of the most infamous of the Nazi transit camps. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany turned the small town of Terezin, Czechoslovakia, into a ghetto, and then into a transit camp for thousands of Jewish people. It was a “show” [...]

Other Descriptors: Czech Republic, Picture Book, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Next Please

By Book Importer | Published: May 5, 2011

One by one, injured toys are called from the waiting room and sent out as good as new, until only the fifth one is left.

Other Descriptors: Concept Book, Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Germany, Picture Book » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Kindergarten Day USA and China

By Book Importer | Published: May 5, 2011

Readers spend a school day with two kindergarten classes in this flip-me-over book. One side tells the story of a class from Schenectady, New York, and the other side tells of a class from Beijing, China. As the day progresses, clocks show the time in the USA and in China, noting that its daytime on [...]

Other Descriptors: Asia, China, Primary (ages 6-9), United States of America » Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment